Incite vs. Invite — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Incite and Invite
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Definitions
Incite➦
Encourage or stir up (violent or unlawful behaviour)
They conspired to incite riots
Invite➦
Make a polite, formal, or friendly request to (someone) to go somewhere or to do something
She invited Patrick to sit down
We were invited to a dinner at the Embassy
Incite➦
To provoke and urge on
Troublemakers who incite riots.
Inciting workers to strike.
Invite➦
An invitation
No one turns down an invite to one of Mickey's parties
Incite➦
(transitive) To stir up or excite; to rouse or goad into action.
The judge was told by the accused that his friends had incited him to commit the crime.
Incite people to violence
Invite➦
To ask for the presence or participation of
Invite friends to dinner.
Invite writers to a conference.
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Incite➦
To move to action; to stir up; to rouse; to spur or urge on.
Anthiochus, when he incited Prusias to join in war, set before him the greatness of the Romans.
No blown ambition doth our arms incite.
Invite➦
To request formally
Invited us to be seated.
Incite➦
Give an incentive for action;
This moved me to sacrifice my career
Invite➦
To welcome; encourage
Invite questions from the audience.
Incite➦
Provoke or stir up;
Incite a riot
Set off great unrest among the people
Invite➦
To tend to bring on; provoke
"Divisions at home would invite dangers from abroad" (John Jay).
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Incite➦
Urge on; cause to act;
They other children egged the boy on, but he did not want to throw the stone through the window
Invite➦
To entice; tempt.
Invite➦
An invitation.
Invite➦
(transitive) To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.
We invited our friends round for dinner.
Invite➦
(transitive) To request formally.
I invite you all to be seated.
Invite➦
(transitive) To encourage.
I always invite criticism of my definitions.
Wearing that skimpy dress, you are bound to invite attention.
Invite➦
(transitive) To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract.
Invite➦
(informal) An invitation.
Invite➦
To ask; to request; to bid; to summon; to ask to do some act, or go to some place; esp., to ask to an entertainment or visit; to request the company of; as, to invite to dinner, or a wedding, or an excursion.
So many guests invite as here are writ.
I invite his Grace of Castle Rackrent to reflect on this.
Invite➦
To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract.
To inveigle and invite the unwary sense.
Shady groves, that easy sleep invite.
There no delusive hope invites despair.
Invite➦
To give occasion for; as, to invite criticism.
Invite➦
To give invitation.
Invite➦
A colloquial expression for invitation;
He didn't get no invite to the party
Invite➦
Increase the likelihood of;
Ask for trouble
Invite criticism
Invite➦
Invite someone to one's house;
Can I invite you for dinner on Sunday night?
Invite➦
Give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting;
The window displays tempted the shoppers
Invite➦
Ask someone in a friendly way to do something
Invite➦
Have as a guest;
I invited them to a restaurant
Invite➦
Ask to enter;
We invited the neighbors in for a cup of coffee
Invite➦
Request the participation or presence of;
The organizers invite submissions of papers for the conference
Invite➦
Express willingness to have in one's home or environs;
The community warmly received the refugees
